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confused2020 | 17:31 Sat 25th Jan 2020 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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In future stretcher bearer maybe ought initially to provide cover (4)

I get that the answer is HOOD but can anyone parse it for me please? I thought it might be O (ought initially) in HOD but don't see how we get to HOD from the rest of the clue.

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Mamyalynne

Hood

Hod round o(ught)

bookbinder

a hod is a carrier of bricks, that builders use. A stretcher is a brick that is laid lengthways, rather than end-on. Thus, a hod can be a stretcher bearer.

fiction-factory

Would never have got that. I am still unsure what part 'in the future' plays in the clue

brainiac

Because the brick might not be used as a stretcher - might be laid end-on

fiction-factory

Thanks, but sorry, I still don't get that. Never mind, I'll move on

Mamyalynne

I apologise for net reading and therefore parsing the answer properly.

As said above, in the hod they are all just bricks, in future when laid some will be stretchers.

confused2020

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Thanks all - the bit i was missing was the meaning of "stretcher" as describing a course of bricks laid end to end. Or an individual brick that has been laid lengthways. That explains the "in future" bit - while they are in the hod they are not yet stretchers or (I now learn) headers. Tricky parsing if you ask me.

brainiac

Thought it was quite a tricky puzzle today - but I like those!

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